There are 11 ways to get from Frankfurt am Main to Southampton by train, car train, car, bus, bus and ferry, car ferry or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Train • 8 h 52 min
$232 - $466
Cheapest option
Fly to London Stansted, train • 6 h 32 min
$95 - $289
9 alternative options
Train, Eurotunnel, drive • 10 h 34 min
$367 - $485
Bus, bus and ferry • 16 h 15 min
$119 - $173
Bus, train • 17 h 56 min
$96 - $184
Drive, car ferry • 9 h 35 min
$134 - $201
Fly to Southampton • 6 h 1 min
$108 - $466
Fly to London City, train • 5 h 45 min
$127 - $414
Fly to London Heathrow, train • 6 h 26 min
$122 - $375
Fly to Bristol, train • 6 h 55 min
$148 - $413
Fly to Birmingham, train • 7 h 6 min
$146 - $356
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Frankfurt am Main to Southampton is to bus and bus and ferry which costs 100€ - 150€ and takes 16 h 15 min.
The quickest way to get from Frankfurt am Main to Southampton is to fly and train which costs 110€ - 360€ and takes 5 h 45 min.
No, there is no direct bus from Frankfurt am Main to Southampton station. However, there are services departing from Frankfurt and arriving at Southampton Coach Station Harbour Parade via Lille and London Victoria Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16 h 15 min.
The distance between Frankfurt am Main and Southampton is 718 km.
The best way to get from Frankfurt am Main to Southampton without a car is to train which takes 8 h 52 min and costs 200€ - 410€.
It takes approximately 8 h 52 min to get from Frankfurt am Main to Southampton, including transfers.
Frankfurt am Main to Southampton bus services, operated by Eurolines DE, depart from Frankfurt station.
The best way to get from Frankfurt am Main to Southampton is to train which takes 8 h 52 min and costs 200€ - 410€. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs 90€ - 410€ and takes 6 h 1 min.
There is no direct flight from Frankfurt Airport to Southampton Airport. The quickest flight takes 3 h 30 min and has one stopover.
Frankfurt am Main to Southampton bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Southampton Coach Station Harbour Parade.
- Distance: 448.9 miles
- Duration: 8 h 52 min
What companies run services between Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Southampton, England?
You can take a train from Frankfurt am Main to Southampton via Paris Est, Gare de l'Est, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord Eurostar, London St. Pancras International, Euston station, Waterloo station, and London Waterloo in around 8 h 52 min. Alternatively, KLM, Air France and four other airlines fly from Frankfurt am Main to Southampton hourly.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London City
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150 - $600
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $600
Flights from Frankfurt to Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $850
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $600
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $600
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55 - $250
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 45 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Southampton via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $850
Flights from Frankfurt to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $700
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 min
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150 - $650
Flights from Frankfurt to Bristol via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 41 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $600
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 38 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London City
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 35 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120 - $700
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120 - $500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Southampton via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 13 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280 - $1,100
- Website
- flybe.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Southampton via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $80 - $370
Flights from Frankfurt to Southampton via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 10 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270 - $1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Southampton via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 15 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270 - $1,400
- Website
- flybmi.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London City via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $850
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bristol via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 40 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $220 - $850
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 45 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $29 - $200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Southampton via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 15 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70 - $350
- Phone
- 0033 892 353535
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 43 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120 - $140
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $120 - $140
- 1st Class
- $160 - $240
Train from Brussels - Midi to Gare de Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25 - $31
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $25 - $31
- 1st Class
- $44 - $47
Train from Lille Europe to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $24 - $30
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $24 - $30
- 1st Class
- $43 - $45
Deutsche Bahn is the German railway company, and the largest railway operator and infrastructure owner in Europe. Based in Berlin, Deutsche Bahn was founded in 1994, and offers many different types of rail transportation including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120 - $180
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35 - $60
- Website
- bahn.de
Rome2rio's guide to Eurostar
Contact Details
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord Eurostar to London St. Pancras International
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75 - $240
- Website
- eurostar.com
- Standard
- $75 - $240
- Premier
- $180 - $280
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- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 17 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26 - $40
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
Train from Clapham Junction to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25 - $40
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Website
- thalys.com
Train from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Brussels - Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 51 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60 - $90
- Website
- thalys.com
- 2nd Class
- $60 - $90
- 1st Class
- $90 - $120
Train from Brussel-Zuid/Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30 - $55
- Website
- thalys.com
- 2nd Class
- $30 - $55
- 1st Class
- $50 - $70
Loosely translated as the French National Railway Corporation, the SNCF is France’s state-owned railway company. It covers the country’s extensive rail network, as well as the TGV and Thalys, France’s two high-speed railway networks. With over 14,000 trains operating daily, it is a fast and efficient way of travelling around the country. The railway network consists of about 32,000km in total, of which 1800km are high-speed lines and 14,500km are electrified.
Rome2rio's guide to SNCF
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 9 70 60 99 70
- Website
- sncf.com
Train from Lille Europe to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20 - $30
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $20 - $30
- 1st Class
- $27 - $45
- Website
- bretagne.prod.navitia.com
Train from Gare de Lille Europe to Gare de Calais Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- bretagne.prod.navitia.com
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Calais to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $171
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Clapham Junction to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45 - $70
- Website
- southernrailway.com
- Schedules at
- southernrailway.com
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Hayes & Harlington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13 - $24
- Website
- gwr.com
- Off-Peak Day Single
- $10 - $15
- Advanced Single
- $11 - $16
- Anytime Day Single
- $13 - $24
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40 - $75
- Website
- gwr.com
- Off-Peak Day Single
- $23 - $35
- Advanced Single
- $25 - $35
- Anytime Day Single
- $40 - $75
- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Reading to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35 - $60
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $26 - $40
- Anytime Single
- $35 - $60
- Off-Peak Single
- $24 - $40
Train from Birmingham International to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65 - $100
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Advanced Single
- $40 - $65
- Anytime Single
- $65 - $100
- Off-Peak Single
- $60 - $90
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- Phone
- +49 6196 2078-501
- service@eurolines.de
- Website
- eurolines.de
Bus from Frankfurt to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50 - $80
- Website
- eurolines.de
- Low
- $55
- High
- $58
- Phone
- + 33 1 41 86 24 21
- Website
- eurolines.fr
Bus and ferry from Lille to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55 - $80
- Schedules at
- eurolines.fr
National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Southampton Coach Station Harbour Parade
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10 - $14
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
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One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves over 1400 destinations, in 26 countries including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, and across Scandinavia and central and eastern Europe. Founded in 2012, Flixbus’ extensive network connects cities with approximately 200,000 trips, with buses often departing every 30 minutes. One of the most affordable ways to get around Europe (and expanding soon into the US), a Flixbus journey is cost-effective, well-connected, comfortable and safe.
Rome2rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Frankfurt, Frankfurt central station to London
- Ave. Duration
- 16 h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65 - $120
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 448866.
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24 - $35
- Schedules at
- poferries.com
- Book at
- directferries.co.uk
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Southampton is 1 h behind Frankfurt am Main. It is currently 6:32 PM in Frankfurt am Main and 5:32 PM in Southampton.
easyJet, Air France, KLM and two other airlines offer flights from Frankfurt Airport to Southampton Airport.
There are 757+ hotels available in Southampton. Prices start at $82 USD per night.
The best way to get from Frankfurt am Main to Frankfurt Airport is to train which takes 13 min and costs 9€ - 14€.